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Truck Crop Experiment Station
2024 Experiment Station Road
Crystal Springs, MS
Telephone: (601)892-3731
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Located in Crystal Springs, the Truck Crop Experiment station is exactly that, an experiment station for truck crops! Truck crops are crops gown and hauled to market in trucks. MSU hosts the garden and current vegetable research programs include field variety trials, fertilizer studies, cover crops, season extension technologies, greenhouse tomatoes, and organic production. Current studies include organic cover crops, zone tillage in winter cover crops, liming materials comparisons, disease control in greenhouse tomatoes, using industrial and agricultural by-products in greenhouse substrates, nitrogen fertilizer sources for field tomatoes, and numerous cultivar trials. The program also includes one of the largest observational vegetable trails, which can be visited during their annual fall festival or by calling to check about visiting the rest of the year.
